Jsut Cause

Spending so many hours on the computer over the years has given me some incredible speed when it comes to typing. And I love that. My fellow Guild members on WoW always give me grief for typing properly. Apparently that's the kind of world we live in these days.

"Dude, you're typing properly!! What a loser!" That was never actually said because I love my Guild but you get the point.

I remember in Elementary School one of the Librarians, Mrs. Wright I believe, would always amaze me with the speed she could type into the computer while making eye contact with me the whole time. As a child I thought I could never achieve such a feat!

Sadly 20 years later I am no where near her level but I can type really damn fast. Unfortunately the word "just" always gives me problems. It always comes out as "jsut" and it drives me mad. The worse part is that not only can I not wait til the end of what I'm typing to correct my error, I need to fix it right then. And since I hate having to grab the mouse, click the word and change it, I always just delete the entire sentence leading up to the "jsut" and re-type it. Always!

Call me strange but that's how I roll. Even now the "Red Squigly Line of ABC Check" is not only haunting me on the word "jsut" but now also "squigly"!

Does anyone else type in "jsut" constantly??

Funeral for Goku

Since my last post was DBZ related I figured I would post this. I had said many blogs ago that I was going to review the Dragonball Evolution movie I just haven't found the time.

I think this video best represents my feelings for the movie...

Poor Goku...

Dragonball Kai

When I first heard they were going to re-run Dragonball Z in Japan I kinda thought, "Ok, doesn't really affect me. Plus, I've seen every episode and I have others shows to watch." But then I read more and more about it and how it's actually being done in HD AND that they were editing the series to flow better and be closer to the manga. None of that filler stuff and 10 episodes in a row of guys looking at each other shocked. So that really caught my interest. I watched the first episode a couple weeks ago and fell in love all over again. They have a newly animated HD opening that not only looks fantastic but the song is incredibly catchy. Watching the opening alone was extremely nostalgic. I felt like I was in high school again.

Most anime fans will pan DBZ because it's so mainstream, much like how Naruto is being treated in America. Naruto is HUGE here and for good reason. But many anime enthusiasts don't care for it because of it's popularity. I kind of like to think of DBZ as the My First Sony of anime. Does anybody remember My First Sony??

That's what DBZ reminds me of. It's what really got me into anime. And the funny thing is when I first saw it I made fun of it. A lot. And I gave my friends who watched it a lot of grief. Though you can't really blame me when the first episode I see has some little lame bald dude and a small child that turns into an enormous monkey. But then I went back and watched it from the beginning and really dug it.

So DBZ was kind of my gateway drug into the world of anime (the marijuana if you will for all you 4/20 peoples). And over the years I have obviously discovered that there is a TON of anime that it better, but it will still always hold a place in my heart, ya know? And I've decided to continue watching Dragonball Kai because I know I'm not signing myself up for 200+ episodes. I'm getting the condensed version and I'm getting to enjoy something from my past.

Plus, as I said before, the new Opening is awesome...

Party Epic Fail

So in my last post I mentioned how I was going to try and see if I could somehow get into this high school gathering a couple condo's down from me. I wish I had an extrordinary tale of espianage but sadly I do not.

I got denied flat out. lol

Since I saw the kids outside on their balcony I assumed they were there to have cigarettes. As a means to strike up a conversation I decided to take my brothers dog out for a walk. While my dog is cute, my brother has a smaller dog that I figured if the girls on the porch saw her I would get the "aww what a cute puppy" reaction. This, sadly, did not work. Ha. They didn't even acknowledge my presence. So I decided to be the one try try and strike up the conversation.

Me: Excuse me!
Girl: Yeah?
Me: You wouldn't by any chance have a cigarette would you?
Girl: Ummm no. (turning to her friends) Hey, does anyone have a cigarette?
Everyone: No!
Girl: Sorry, no one here smokes. Maybe you should continue walking your dog.

And then they all start laughing. Loudly.

DENIED! Given that I'm about 10 years older than these people they probably saw me as some sort of a "square", as the kids say. I'm not "hip" enough to chill with that type of crowd. I didn't know what I was expecting but I definitely didn't think I was going to get shot down that fast. lol. Oh well, my attempt to get a few free beers failed miserably. Live and let learn I guess.

I did however hang out with some of my friends last night and their baby. I love their kid and so I was glad I was able to spend some time with them. They had some other friends over to who were really nice. The one other guy started to become kind of a rude drunk. I don't know how the conversation started but I had mention that not only was one of my friends an extra in the movie Zack and Miri Make a Porno but also that I was in a Disney movie called First Kid. For whatever reason he did not believe me. My buddy even downloaded the movie and we freeze framed it so you can see me. I'm farther off in the background with long hair and I'm about 12 years old, but it's me. And this dude just kep denying it like I was lying about the whole thing. What would I gain from lying about something like that?? lol

Aside from that he was still a good guy and I had fun. When people get rude like that I just chalk it up to the alcohol. Alcohol turns me into a friendly, talkative, and childish human being.

Well I'm off for now. For some Battlestar to watch before bed. It's so frakkin good!

Par-tay!

So I was just outside walking my dog and I can hear obnoxious screaming coming from some sort of party. I look around to find where it's coming from. My Condo development mainly consists of old people, but the voices I here sound like either teens or early 20's people. I know this because while you can always hear the loud thumping of music and ambient chatter of people, there are several phrases that actually come out loud and clear.

For girls: "OH MY GAWD" and "YEAH!!!"

For guys: "DUUUUUDE!!"

So as Kenobi(my dog) and I walk around the neighborhood I spot the condo making all the noise. They are on the 3rd floor, like me, 2 buildings away from me. I could see them on the porch smoking and yelling.

I think I am going to try an infiltrate the party. They all seem pretty hammered so, being in a sober state of mind, I'm wondering if I can make my way into this party. I think it would be pretty funny if I did.

I will write about whether or not I got in next blog. Later!

Slice O Life/Toradora Continued...

So the other night I was "reviewing" Toradora. I say "review" because most of the people who read this are my friends and they probably don't care about me reviewing something they will never watch. Sadly, that means anime as a whole. *sad face*

Though I never really did review the anime (too many other blogs have done this several months ago, towards people who cared. lol) but I did kind of go off on a tangent last time which I will continue about Slice of Life. After I wrote my last post about Toradora, the next day I went online to another anime blog and noticed a post by this one guy. What he had to say intrigued me so I clicked on his name and it brought me to his Blog. His topic for that day was Slice of Life anime and how it's one of his favorites! So I was obviously hooked. I went back and read his last 20 posts. One of them being about Toradroa. Ha!

So this dude rocks and in his post he described his love of Slice of Life like this and I totally agreed...

"Call it simply getting older. In the so-called "real world," life is a bitch. OK, it isn't really that bad. But after 8 hours of soul crushing work everyday, I tend to want something relaxing. I'd like to escape to a world of fun and games, of silly everyday moments removed from the daily grind of a working life"

Hell yeah. That's basically how I feel. But while he compares it to work (which is how I deal with it now these days) several years ago I would compare it to taking care of my mom. That was the worst time of my life as anyone could relate to. But my anime fixation went up during that time. Why? Because I would watch certain Laugh Out Loud Anime. Anime that for a few several hours of my friggin day I could go without feeling sad. Ranma 1/2 being the main one. Watched all 7 seasons during that time and as funny as it was I would tear up with that too. It had amazing character development and that's what I dig. One night while watching it I decided to bring the DVD down and watch a few episodes with my mom. I knew she wouldn't be able to understand it because of the cancer, but it's a very bright, colorful, and silly anime. I figured she would get a kick out of it. And she did!! I really don't think she understood what was going on, but I know she loved Genma as a Panda and how he and Ranma fought. So one night I saw this picture online and I REALLY wanted to draw it. So I did and drew this Ranma picture for her knowing she would recognize the characters. I did it on huge posterboard and it sat by her bed until the day she passed. All the smudges and crap you see on the picture are from when the dumb nurse would trample over my artwork when it would fall off the wall. But whatever, the drawing still lives. Here it is...

After my mom passed I didn't want to talk to anybody for awhile. While sulking in my house for several weeks I discovered a little anime called "Suzumiya Haruhi no Yuutsu" or "The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya". Given the fact that it has Melancholy right in the title how could I not be drawn to it??

As it turns out, not only was it amazing, but it actually brought me out of my depression and made me laugh. A LOT. What's also funny is that Haruhi does have some supernatural themes going on, in the guise of a Slice of Life.

Brilliant. Slice of Life mixed with the Paranormal. What more can I ask for?

Sadly, this might have to be an on going post, because I wasn't expecting to go so much into "mom" territory but it kinda flowed with what I was trying to say. That's the beauty of blogging.

Til next time...

To my anime peeps

I think with an obsession with anime will often come with a love for Japanese music. I'm a fan of both the Pop and Rock. After just watching the latest episode of K-ON! the opening and closing songs are really getting into my head. I'm sure I can find them online somewhere, but is there anyway to get Japanese music on iTunes? As a fairly new iPod user I am still learning the ways of The Pod.

Let me know, I need my fix